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The definition of a felon is a person who has been convicted of a felony (a serious crime for which the penalty is normally one or more years of incarceration).

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Someone who has been found guilty of felony murder is an example of a felon.

See felon in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Obsolete a villain
Law a person guilty of a major crime; criminal

Origin: ME < OFr < ML felo, earlier fello < ?

adjective

Old Poet. wicked; base; criminal

noun

a painful abscess or infection at the end of a finger or toe, near the nail; whitlow

Origin: ME < ? same base as felon

See felon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Law One who has committed a felony.
Archaic An evil person.

adjective
Archaic

Evil; cruel.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English feloun

Origin: , from Old French felon, wicked, a wicked person

Origin: , from Medieval Latin fellō, fellōn-

Origin: , possibly of Germanic origin

noun

A painful purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail. Also called whitlow.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English feloun

Origin: , probably from Latin fel, gall, bile; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots

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